The Tally Room

I've written before about the peculiar way that single transferable vote works differently with districts electing an odd number of representatives, as opposed to an even number. You particularly notice it in local councils with 2-member or 4-member wards, but it is also an issue...

Ben is joined by Stewart Jackson to wrap up the NSW state election, but to also discuss the news about a possible expansion of the federal parliament. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room’s supporters on Patreon. If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider...

The Sydney Morning Herald yesterday ran a story about the potential for an expansion of the number of seats in the Australian parliament. I think there's a strong case to make this change, and I made a submission to that effect to the current Joint...

Today's post features two maps showing the vote for the top five polling groups in the Legislative Council election by region, and the swings for the top four groups along with the Shooters. Labor topped the primary vote in 57 seats, with the Coalition coming...

One of the things that stood out in the NSW Legislative Council results was that Animal Justice increased their vote from the level that they polled in 2015 and 2019, but they fell short of winning. I wanted to try and understand what happened....

Earlier today the "button" was pushed in the NSW upper house preference distribution. The full preference distribution was published a short time ago and I wanted to quickly run through how the final rounds of the count went. The Coalition led Animal Justice by 0.069...

The NSW Electoral Commission has now finished counting votes for the Legislative Council count. That means we now have the final primary vote figures, and the "button" will be pushed at 11am tomorrow morning to distribute preferences and determine the result. 16 seats have been...

This is the final chapter in my series of booth results posts. As requested, I'm looking at the only three Labor seats were the incumbent MP retired, all in a cluster in south-western Sydney: Fairfield, Cabramatta and Liverpool. There's been a strong trend of MP...

While we haven't quite finished with the 2023 NSW election, I'm now moving on to the next election on the calendar. Tasmania's upper house has a unique electoral system. The 15 members represent 15 separate districts, much like a mainland lower house election, but they...

Today I'm looking at the four seats of the Central Coast, with particular interest in Terrigal - the only Liberal seat on the Coast, but also a surprisingly close result in 2023 when a large swing almost flipped a seat that had been completely...